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11 Crucial Sectors CTOs Should Focus On For New Tech Team Hires

Hiring for your tech team? Experts recommend the top sectors to prioritize as you’re searching for the right candidates.

Meet The Synthetic Biology Company Engineering Your Immune System

It’s taken 30 years of biotech, but synthetic biology can now engineer antibodies faster than your body can, enabling cures for anything from snakebites to a universal flu vaccine. Meet the company that aims to revolutionize the entire pharmaceutical i…

Undiscovered Species Of Medicinal Leech Found Hiding In Plain Sight

It’s not a new miracle cure, but it does have cool spots.

The Most Expensive Medicare Patients Aren’t Who You Think

Over half of Medicare spending is concentrated in 10% of patients. So who are those patients and what expenses are they racking up? It’s not who or what I expected.

Telehealth Has An Awareness Problem

Telehealth companies, health plans and health systems are figuring out the best way to reach out to consumers and promote video visits with doctors.

The Medicines Company Trumpets New Inclisiran Cholesterol Lowering Results, But Big Questions Remain

He is right on the money, so to speak. MDCO might get there with inclisiran, but the current data aren’t yet supportive of changing CV medical practice.

Can Texting Patients Who Are Scheduled For Colonoscopy Reduce ‘No-Shows’?

In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania explored how text-based patient communication helped to increase patient engagement and boost rates of colonoscopies.

How Oracle Is Using Cloud Tech To Find Cancer Cures

American computing giant Oracle is working with a Egyptian non-profit organization to accelerate research efforts into cancer cures.

Podcast – Blake Russell, CEO Of Viagen On The Future Of Cloning, Not Just Your Pets

Cloning is a hot subject, both as an application of decades of science and research but also because of the possibilities that it opens up for the preservation of rare and endangered species or for stars like Barbara Streisand their beloved pets.

My Special AFLAC Duck: A Gold Standard For CSR Programs

The “My Special Aflac Duck” in which the company provides pediatric cancer patients with a robotic “smart” duck to help them through painful treatments is reviewed. The initiative is a feel-good success story that follows principles of effective CSR in…